The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-16
Our Financial Troubles.
A Glance at the Evils of Our Day ana q
Budget of Philosophy from the In
imitable Tallahassee.

imisable Tallahassee.
The extravaganza cngcndcrcd by
the plethora of money during and
Immediately after che war, is now
crushing the hopes of the people
and Is but partially felt i'm its dire,
consequences which must ultimate
~ turn over the landed estate of
the commonwealth in many in
stances, where mortgages encum-
Der the farms, to those who hold
liens on them. We have grown to
be absurdly e%Xtravagant, we say
unreasonably SO, because the cause
and effect, if pnndered on bri fy
would show the short race to ruin
which the reck less spcndthrift in
dulgesi@. The many convcnicnccs
which Labor nving machinery af-
fordS. seems to be of no profit to us,
for the time is spent in holiday glcc.
The grip sack, and crisp notes and
transit on the cars is Il pleasing
pass time to the youths, whose par
cnts endured p@rivation and toll
and stint, to give them II fertile
homestead, which is now over
grown with wild weeds for which
the Sheriff will shortly give the
shylock lender a title. And it is
wondcrous to note the many deli
cate turnouts in the rurui rcgiOus
which must rattle to pieces on the
roads in II few years to be replaced
By others quite rs expensive. 1t
Is gay ana giddy t. observe the
costly attire of those who whirl the
It,r1, ,.n.- .l>1 g.,
tune than their mothers wardrobe
for FIVE years. And this too, when
cotton is grown ut loss OFF, cents Il !
pound and whilst 80 per cent of the
cropispractically soldbcfo:e grown.
Could we but recall the oldcn
times when the family rode in the
old nude uubcd dearborn, with the
straw on the bottom of the wagon
the only protection, which the
brawny old lady thought quite good
enough to go to market or church,
with an old homemade Sun-bonnet,
instead of the lcShorn hat and os-
trich plume. We venture the as
sertionS, fall the vehicles for pleas
urc in the 3S counties ofSouth Car
DINA, together with the gold watch
rs worn by those which common
consent would allow arc too poor
to own them, yer sumcd up in a
statistical column, the sum total
would DC most astounding. But the
extravaganza is not the only trou-
bic, Incidence is coupled with it.
Pride makes work diSrcDutubic.
Some II must be found to do the
work, and those chosen tor over
sccrs, or proxy will do rs little as
possible, and charge an cyorbitant
price for sighted work, so that they
who diSdain labor snail be lccchcu
to the utmost, that they may pay Il
high figure for their pomp, which
seems to suit both PARTIES, for in Il
%villianouS waste the more the de-
voice Of madness Il Squandcr, the
greater is his or her claim to i'm
pOrtancc. Ills often said, "what
one American family wastes would
support two or three European
families, and they would live com
Portable too, on the fragments and
odds and ends thrown away" Is it
not surprising the rcsouI ccs Of the
country can bear such burdens:
Icsit is. But like the bridge when
over loaded it must break down,
and havoc and diSmay will be the
inevitable catastrophe. Pride, la
ZincSS, extravaganza and the ma
mia speculation is us sure to eat out
the stamina and stcadfaSt hopes of
any people as that the seasons come
and go with the earth in its circuit
around the san. If we loved work
and would Danish our ,foOiish priie,
and agree to save m0icty of our
earnings, and to discard the notion
of growing rich suddenly, or what
is still better stop wo s iii ~ mann
NON, but be content with mcaSrc
surroundings, we would uncNpcc-
tedIy come into II rich places OF
happiness to which idolutry and
shameless cg9tism are entire
strangers. There is 4 moral aspect
to this question Of which we Shall
have nothing to say. We will give
the thcoloSion an opportunity to
dcacant on the sequences of the ills
at which we have hurricdly CLAN.
ccs. But it is too plain to he drha-
ted. So long as we make one dol
lar and Squan,icr two, we shah be
under the wheels, and no one to
pity us for the terrible plight INTO
which we are 50 woiully submcrg-
ed. Better times will come to us
when we consent to listen to the
admOnitiOns of common sense. But
rs minated i'm the outset MANY
have smncd their day Of financial
grace away and to them the future
has no prospect save AMI except To
add to the long list of gentlemen
vagabond trampS who will not in
the least serve rs warning to
others, who are infected with the
mad rage Of modern folly which ill.,
cvitably ends in pdndemOnium.
Let the Orphans Have ~ Thanks